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Hummingbird Cake

A tropical cake made with banana and pineapple.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours
Course: Afternoon Tea, Baking, Morning Tea
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Self Raising Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate Soda
  • 1 tsp Mixed Spice
  • 1 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Mashed banana, approximately 2-3 Bananas
  • 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 440 gm Can Crushed Pineapple, undrained
  • 1/2 Cup Chopped walnuts
Cream Cheese Icing
  • 250 gm Cream Cheese, softened and chopped
  • 180 gm Butter, softened and chopped
  • 250-300 gm Icing Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven 170 C
  2. Grease and line the base and sides with baking paper a 22cm round tin.
  3. In a large bowl add undrained pineapple, mashed banana, brown sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla.
  4. Stir well until well combined.
  5. Sift flour, soda and spice over wet mixture.
  6. Add two-thirds of the chopped walnuts and stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until well combined.
  7. Pour batter into the prepared cake tin, and bake for 50-60 minutes.
  8. Cool in pan 10 minutes and then on cooling rack.
Cream Cheese Icing
  1. In a stand mixer or bowl with a hand mixer beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
  2. Add icing sugar and vanilla extract, beat until smooth.
  3. Spread Icing over cooled cake and sprinkle with remaining walnuts.